Pondero E'r This Ye Brides To Be

PONDER OE'R THIS YE BRIDES TO BE

The following ancient rhymes have been handed us as apropos at this time when so many weddings are being considered:

Married in January hoar and rime,

Widowed you'll be before your prime.

Married in February's sleety weather,

Life in tune you'll tread together.

Married when March winds shriek and roar,

Your home will lie on a foreign shore.

Married 'neath April's changeful skies,

A chequered path before you lies.

Married when bees o'er May blooms flit,

Strangers round your board will sit.

Married in the month of roses- June,

Life will be one long honeymoon.

Married in July with flowers ablaze,

Bitter and sweet memories in after days.

Married in August's heat and drowse,

Love and friend in your chosen spouse.

Married in golden September's glow,

Smooth and serene your life will flow.

Married when leaves in October thin,

Toil and hardship for you begin.

Married in veils of November mist,

Dame Fortune your wedding ring has kissed.

Married in days of December's cheer,

Love's star burns brighter from year to year.